Well that was one Hell of a weekend. Basically three high level meets, since the NCAA treats the first two rounds of its National Championships as two separate meets. Thoughts on that in another post. Either way, this past weekend was hot hot hot. In spite of two of the competitions having inclement weather! That's how good the sport is right now - sizzling hot Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
Grant Holloway – How Many Subs?
Jan 29th, 2019
6:45 am PST
6:45 am PST
There are a LOT of exciting young track and field stars today. Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles, Mondo Duplantis, Gabby Thomas, and Michael Norman to start a list. After watching this past weekends activities however, it hit me that perhaps the most talented athlete out there may be sliding under the radar! I remember when Carl Lewis first emerged Read More...
NCAA Championships
Jun 13th, 2017
2:18 pm PDT
2:18 pm PDT
Championship season is my favorite time of year. The relay circuit is fun. The Diamond League gives us a glimpse of the world's elite athletes. But in today's track and field it's Championships that gives us the head to head competition between the sports best athletes at every level! The NCAA's are always the first of the "elite" championships each year Read More...
Does Track and Field Need to Change?
Sep 18th, 2016
3:06 pm PDT
3:06 pm PDT
Recently I saw an article asking whether or not we need to delete events from track and field - and if so which ones. The author said that we have to do this to increase the popularity of the sport. Among the reasons given was the attention span of the general public, and that meets are too long. An example that was given was the fact that track and field during the Olympics takes a little over a week to run! It's not the first article I've seen on the subject - all with similar reasons given Read More...
NCAA Championships – All About the Format
Jun 14th, 2015
8:19 pm PDT
8:19 pm PDT
This year there were two things to talk about when looking at the NCAA Championships. One was the competition - and this year's competition was as stellar as ever! The other was the format as the powers that be thought it was a good idea to split the meet into TWO separate meets - a men's meet and a woman's meet Read More...
NCAA Regionals?
Jun 2nd, 2015
6:54 am PDT
6:54 am PDT
The NCAA Regional "meets" were held this past weekend in Austin TX (West) and Jacksonville FL (East). Did anyone notice? They were overshadowed by what was an AWESOME Prefontaine Classic. Hard to gain attention when there's a mini world championships going on! But I have to feel that they also suffered from their own format Read More...
NCAA Championships
Jun 17th, 2014
10:46 am PDT
10:46 am PDT
This was a very busy week of track and field for the true fan of the sport. Oslo, the NCAA Championships, and the New York Grand Prix were all contested within a four day period, with some form of media broadcast available for all four days of action! Finally, technology and track providing fans with serious coverage of the sport Read More...
NCAA Championships – Great Competition
Jun 10th, 2013
8:17 am PDT
8:17 am PDT
This is one of the meets that I really look forward to each year, because it's everything that the sport should be. A meet that contests EVERY event. It has relays. The best show up to compete. There's team scoring. And most of all, the competition is fierce! Yes, the NCAA Championships should be the poster child for track and field Read More...
Upsets in Rome While Collegians Sizzle
Jun 6th, 2013
11:08 pm PDT
11:08 pm PDT
If you're a true fan of the sport then you are in Heaven like me, because we have wall to wall track and field –highlighted by the NCAA Division I Championships and today's Golden Gala in Rome. So far both have been full of surprises, for different reasons. I'll start with Rome, the fourth entry in the Diamond League Read More...